600 teachers confirmed in government schools

In a period of hard economic times securing a job confirmation especially with government that guarantees a pension would seem like seeing Christmas come early.

This is the case for some 600 teachers and support staff in Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) institutions who will be able to access pension after the Education Service Commission confirmed their appointments yesterday.

Ms Beatrice Kabwa, the acting education service commissioner, said there are many teachers who are working but need to be confirmed to be secure at their work stations. She, however, added that the process was slow because of limited funds.

“We have taken long to confirm teachers who applied. It has been a pending issue but we are going to process more for the teachers to be guaranteed of their jobs,” Ms Kabwa said.

Every public servant has to be confirmed in the positions they have been appointed in for job security and other privileges like accessing loans and pensions after retirement.